Without building the model mosque of Sadar Upazila in Madaripur, Lapatta contracting company with a bill of 1 crore 28 lakh taka. As per the rules, the construction work of Model Mosque and Islamic Cultural Center of Sadar Upazila was not completed even after five years. The contractor took their bill only by piling. The Islamic Foundation claims that the construction of the mosque is being delayed due to the complexity of the location.
Locals as well as angry worshipers. However, the implementing authority, the Public Works Department, says that the construction of the model mosque will soon begin at the former site. According to related sources, the construction work of the three-storied model mosque inside Madaripur Sadar Upazila Parishad started in May 2019. Although the construction was supposed to be completed within a year, only the piling work was completed in 2021. After that, the project area is covered with shrubs and bushes. Again, water has accumulated somewhere and caused flooding. But this is where the model mosque and Islamic cultural center was supposed to be.
Later, the then Deputy Commissioner wrote a letter to the head office of the Islamic Foundation in February 2023 to change the place of construction of the mosque. Rahima Khatun. This stopped the construction activities. And on this occasion, with the connivance of Kamrul Islam Khan, the former executive engineer of the Public Works Department, the contractor took the bill of more than 100 million rupees by showing nominal work. The official of Islamic Foundation says that the construction of the model mosque is delayed due to the wrong decision on the location of the project. And Public Works Directorate said to take forward its activities soon by appointing new contractors.
According to sources, Yunus & Brothers, a contracting firm of Barisal, got the job of constructing the mosque at a cost of Tk 14 crore 71 lakh. This year, the contracting company has also informed the public works department by writing that it will not work on the construction of the mosque. However, the contracting company has taken 1 crore 28 lakh taka in two phases. The worshipers demanded justice for the culprits after investigating the reason why the model mosque was not built for a long time.
Sadar upazila located inside the old mosque to pray. Mamun said, long ago I saw that construction materials for the mosque were brought. But we do not understand why the mosque is not being built after that. It is difficult to pray in the old mosque. As it is very old, the pilgrims are praying there at risk. Musalli Rafiqul Islam Bhuiyan said that although model mosques have been inaugurated in different parts of the country, there is no visible activity in our Sadar Upazila.
Because of this, we cannot pray in modern mosques. Construction of a mosque inside the upazila was started without the opinion of the worshipers, but the work was not completed even after five years. Whoever is responsible for this incident should be brought to justice. A person named Karim Sheikh said that the demand of the worshipers was to demolish the old mosque and build a new model mosque there. But the authorities and contractors started construction of the mosque by taking many inside the upazila as per their wish.
v been built for a long time. Madaripur Deputy Director of Islamic Foundation, Abdur Razzak told reporters that the model mosques of the upazilas of different districts were constructed and inaugurated a long time ago. But the mosque of Madaripur Sadar Upazila could not be built even in five years. The main reason for this is that the construction work has not started at the right place. The construction process started inside the upazila, in which the mosque would not be visible to the common people, besides the worshipers also did not like the place. So efforts were made to build mosques elsewhere.
But the Islamic Foundation's head office has asked the Public Works Department to build the mosque at the previously designated location. So the mosque should be built there. Executive Engineer of Madaripur Public Works Department. Shahriar Hossain said that the construction of the mosque has been stopped due to the complexity of the location. But the Islamic Foundation has written to Public Works that the construction of the mosque should be started at the previous location. Besides, the contractor who got the previous job also said that he will not work. Therefore, the construction of the model mosque will begin soon at the previously designated location by appointing a new contractor. The previous contractor has billed him for piling work. They were not billed extra.
